Regulating the Liabilities of Agricultural Biotechnology

by Stuart Smyth, William A. Kerr, Peter W. B. Phillips

This book examines how government, industry and society interact to reach a level of regulation that is deemed satisfactory for the newly-emerged transformative technology that is agricultural biotechnology. It considers issues of risk and trust surrounding genetically-modified plants for the production of food and pharmaceuticals. It describes how regulations have been produced to manage, or in some cases ignore, the risks from GM products. The scope...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0851998151
• ISBN13: 9780851998152
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Cabi
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"